FYI | Nov 01 2013
By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena
I joined Twitter. Not because I am curious what this celebrity has to say about her kids, or to read that another one is waiting for a connecting flight, impatiently. Twitter allows me to follow news and commentary sources such as Dow Jones' Marketwatch, Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal. It assists me in keeping up with what is happening across the globe, while I am observing and analysing financial markets myself.
While I am on Twitter, reading a quote here and a news flash there, I offer my own succinct insights and commentary. Those amongst you who have already discovered the virtues of a Twitter account can add my Tweets to their daily news via @filapek.
For those who have no intention to join Twitter, but would like to stay up to date, below are my Tweets from the week past:
– GUD yesterday confirmed what should be on every investor's radar in Oz: earnings recovery is not yet present in concrete terms #investing
– An MP on the finance committee needed Stephen Poloz to explain how QE differs from what the Weimar Republic did http://wp.me/p3AzhO-108
– Warning from Dennis Gartman: technicals have turned ugly for numerous equity markets. Long term still bullish, but retreats to sideline now
– Blackrock: US investors of all types are holding 48% of investable assets in cash, with no immediate plans to change the investment mix
– Blackrock: Five years after the sweeping economic crisis upended global markets, most investors in the US and worldwide remain risk averse
– Don't get fooled by the price rally in thermal #coal, warns Goldman Sachs, oversupply is seen limiting further upside from here #commodities
– Citi: Momentum trading + excessive liquidity appears to be keeping stock prices aloft even as some other nearer-term fundamentals r slipping
– It looks like Dow, S&P500, Nasdaq will all be pos+ for September and October. Happened only 4 other times past 30yrs: 2010, 2007, 2006, 1998
– Are investors still paying attention? #China Fe62 #ironore price down by US$1.50 to US$131.80 a tonne #commodities #investing
– According to Bloomberg, S&P500 is now up 23.7% in 2013. This is the best annual gain since a 26.4% surge in 2003, but year is not over yet
– Should this be a worry? US crude #oil inventories have broken outside the normal range for this time of the year, setting 5-year high?
– Russell Investments is forecasting modest gains for #equity markets and higher bond yields in 2014 – policy uncertainties biggest risk
You can add my regular Tweets on Twitter via @filapek
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